Cloth-measuring device



(N0 Model.) V u W. J. SAMPSON.

, v CLOTH MEASURING EVICE. No. 293,914. Patented Feb; 1 9, 1 884.

- UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WARNER J. SAMPSON, or MAROELLUS, MICHIGAN.

CLOTH-MEASURING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,914, dated February 19, 1884. Application filed November 10, 1883. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VARNER J. SAMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marcellus, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-Measuring Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a top view,with a portion of the cover broken away to shown the dials. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view. This invention has relation to cloth-measuring machines employed in measuring cloth or other fabric that is wound on the boards as it is usually placed on the market to be dispensed at retail; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will'be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates the case,having rounded ends andaremovable cover, I), secured in place by screws 0 and d. One end of the case a is .provided with a hollow pointed nozzle, 6,

through which the measuring-cord is passedto and from the registering or indicating mechanism which is placed within the'case a. The indicating mechanism is removable, and its spool f, drum g, and rubber tension-rollers h h are 'journaled between a base-plate, i, and a shouldered top plate, 70, connected by posts and pinslm. The spool f is flanged at top and bottom, and the upper end of its shaft is provided with an internally-threaded seat, a, and a stop or shoulder, 12/, at one side. The spool f is journaled nearthe rear end of the case (6.. In front of the spool f, and journaled above the shouldered portion 0 of the top plate, It, is a dial- Wheel, 19, having forty peripheral teeth, 19, graduated in series of fivesviz., 5, 10, 15, 20, A spring-arm, q, is connected to the portion 0 of the top plate, 70, and its point engages the teeth 1) of the wheel 1), and

holds it, except when it is removed, as hereinafter described. p

' In front of the spool f, and between the base and top plate, and journaled in the portion 0, is the drum g, the upper end of the shaft 9 of which is provided with a pinion-wheel, 0', which in this instance has eight teeth. This pinion-wheel r engages the teeth 0 of a gearwheel, r journaled above the top plate, It, on the portion 0'. The wheel 1" has forty-eight peripheral teeth r. Upon the top of this wheel 1- is a rubber packing-washer, s, and above this is the yard-dial s, which is graduated into one-eighths of a yard by numerals, and into sixteenths of a'yard by notches. The Wheel 1 and the yard-dial have a common journal, and they are held together by the friction of the packing-washer 8, except when it is designed to set the wheels,when, by holding the drum, the dial-plate for fractions of a yard may be moved around for this purpose without turning the wheel 1'.-

In front. of the drum 5 there are two rubber friction-rollers, which are designed to prevent the measuring-cord from slipping during the operation of measuring the roll of fabric. At one side and in rear of the roller 7b is a wire guide-loop, u, and in front of and near the inner side of the roller h is a loop, o. These loops guide the measuring-cord. The cord passes from the shaft of the spool f forward through the guide-loop at, around the rubber large dial at each revolution, and moves it one point, which indicates one yard. In this arrangement of gearing the drum makes six revolutions to measure one yard.

The gearing can be changed, and the metric system can be adapted instead of the one illustrated.

. The cover has openings r, 1, and z, for the crank a and for the inspection of the dials. The crank 0 screws into the threaded seat in the upper end of the shaft of the spool, and is providedwith a stud, a which engages the stop or shoulder on the upper edge of the threaded seat and causes the spool to turn.

The cord is first wound upon the spool, and its end provided with a knot or ring to prevent it from drawing within the nozzle. The dials are set at zero, and the end of the cord attached to the inner end of fabric within the selvage. The erankis removed and the point of the nozzle is moved around the selvage between the coils until the outer edge of the piece of fabric has been reached, at which time the cord,will have wound upon the cloth or fabric, and the dials will indicate the number of yards and fractions of yards of cord that have been paid out from the spool, and by this the number of yards of fabric on the board is determined.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cloth-1neasuring machine described,

consisting of the frame (0, having rounded ends, and a removable cover secured thereto by screws, andprovided with the hollow pointed nozzle 0, the spool f, drum 9, rubber tensionrollers 71 h, and the guide-loops u and v, the base-plate 1', and shoulder top plate, 7;, connected by posts and pins Z and in, the dialwheel 1), pinion-wheel 1, gear-Whee1 1", rubber washers, yard-dial 8, provided with the vertical stud w, and the crank (1, provided with a threaded shank, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix mysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

C. S. Jonas, F. S. JONES. 

